Yokote Castle 横手城

‘Castle of leeks’: ニラ planted on the slopes to stop enemies from climbing up.

Mountain castle in the municipality of Yokote, now a public park (横手公園): built according to tradition in 1554 by Onodera Kagemichi, it passed in 1602 to the Satake as a satellite stronghold of Akita and from 1672 was held by the Tomura cadet branch until its fall in 1868. The tower visible today is not a reconstruction but a new building from 1965, designated a historic site by the municipality of Yokote on 26 March 1998.

Akita

Yokote

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